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Ripple Rock

submerged mountain, Canada
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  • coal miner loading a drill hole with an explosive
    explosive
    / Nitramon and Nitramex explosives

    …submerged twin-peak mountain known as Ripple Rock, which was only 2.7 metres (9 feet) below the surface at low tide. More than 120 vessels had been lost because of this obstacle. In preparing for the blast, a shaft was sunk on shore to the proper depth. From it a tunnel…

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    …submerged twin-peak mountain known as Ripple Rock, which was only 2.7 metres (9 feet) below the surface at low tide. More than 120 vessels had been lost because of this obstacle. In preparing for the blast, a shaft was sunk on shore to the proper depth. From it a tunnel…

    Read More